The story of the female general, Mulan, was originally a folk song dating from the
Northern Wei dynasty, A.D.386-534.

According to legend, there was a young woman named Mulan whose aged father was
conscripted. Mulan, unwilling to see her father fighting in a war, disguised herself as a
man and joined the army in his place.
For the next ten years she showed remarkable skill as a warrior and became a
female general. Her true identity remained hidden from her comrades until the very end.